Show ELECTRIC SERVICE PROTEST SHOULD BE FILED WITH la in spite of the fact that we are called upon to pay electric service rates much higher than most municipalities pali ties pay the service we get Is proportionately as poor as aa it Is expensive A test of current strength as delivered to tho the consumers of this community reveals our el electric 1 service ervice I to be a poor imitation of what hat standard service should be and merely a joke tor for reliability people who have installed modern electric equipment under the assumption that modern service la is available val lable in this community tind find the number of times that the service Is inadequate for or their needs so numerous as EO 10 render their ao callea electrical conveniences a nuisance and causes people to wish they had never had them installed the voltage Is even so low at times that a modern equipped radio cannot be made to unction function it Is not merely the fact act that our fc ervice Is off 0 completely every now and again as was once the case that Is the most exasperating but the voltage Is almost continually low rendering lights dim and appliances which require current almost useless poor service no new story nearly two years ago this paper voiced the common protest against J aur zur electric service immediately ulcers ot of the telluride power corn com J iny called upon the paper to clear the company of 0 any guilt shifting abiding all tho the blame possible upon the cites distributing system and making promises to cover any urther further complaint the cause was dropped for tho the past several months however conditions have been so bad as to be intolerable especially for or people who are called upon to use power in the tha day time the city electrician has been asked to explain the situation repeatedly and the answer Is always the same that the trouble la Is not in the cites system but that it Is simply a case of 0 low voltage being delivered by the power company the power companas comp anys continued answer la Is that they are re pairing a pipe line or comet else this time of the year and in the winter that the water is frozen it is not our attitude to make complaint that will cause anyone trouble but after all quiet and personal requests have hare failed to bring brine results power users demand that something be done utilities commission only relief the consumers are demanding that relief be sought at the hands bands ot of the utilities commission the commission guarantees and fixes rates at a price that must show the company profit on the theory that the company must make a profit in order to render good service high as these rates are and although they have been raised by the commission in violation of contract with fillmore city people have shown a good disposition in paying them and the volume of current used has continually increased t the commission cannot and we believe will not refuse these consumers the protection they are arc entitled to breaks and repairs are necessary with all companies supplying electricity but we know of no place in this state or any where else that suffers the poor service that we do we reason that with the high rates which the company is receiving and guaranteed profit which the law provides that some auxiliary equipment should be provided for the peoples protection to accomplish this end the large consumers of this city are preparing pre parin 9 a petition to present to fillmore city council in protest they propose to ask the city to hire what electrical engineering service it requires to carefully secure the facts and the evidence relevant to true conditions and then employ the best legal advice obtainable to present the case to the commission our community has grown to a point where good electric service must be had local business houses and industries must have it in order to successfully compete with a progressive gres sive world continual poor service can absolutely break some of the most promising enterprises in our community and retard community progress and prosperity as no other one thing can do it if we have any community pride we will see that this condition Is remedied at whatever expense it may cost any by whomsoever may be found at fault |